Custodial Working Conditions. A. The State license fee for all employees holding a Black Seal License shall be reimbursed by the Board. Additionally, any employee holding said license shall receive a stipend of Five Hundred Dollars ($500) for each year of the contract. This stipend shall be paid so that it is pension eligible and shall be prorated for any partial year.
B. Employees will receive the following uniforms in the Fall:
1. Five (5) work shirts and five (5) pairs of pants in the first year of employment.
2. Any combination of pants/shirts/shorts up to ten (10) items in each subsequent year of employment.
3. One
(1) winter coat in the first year of employment and one (1) winter coat every third year thereafter.
4. One (1) pair of work shoes every year.
5. One (1) rain jacket and one (1) pair of rain pants in the year of employment to be replaced as needed.
C. Employees shall be entitled to one and one-half (1-1/2) their straight time when they return for callback duty, for a minimum period of two (2) hours, on any regular workday. Employees shall be entitled to two (2) times their straight time when they return for callback duty, for a minimum period of two (2) hours, on Sundays or holidays.
D. No overtime shall be worked without the prior approval of the Supervisor of Buildings and Grounds or a central office administrator. Overtime shall be paid at the rate of one and one-half (1-1/2) times the regular hourly rate when approved for time worked in excess of forty (40) hours per week. Time worked on a Sunday or holiday shall be compensated at two (2) times the employee’s regular hourly rate. Overtime shall be offered to all custodians on a rotational basis.
E. Any custodian using his/her own vehicle for work-related activities approved by the Supervisor of Buildings and Grounds or a central office administrator shall be reimbursed for said use at the rate in effect on July 1 of each year as set forth by the New Jersey Department of Treasury’s Office of Management and Budget.
F. In lieu of E above, custodians using their own vehicles to deliver lunch and/or mail shall be paid an additional ten dollars ($10.00) per day.
G. When it is determined by the Board that a reduction-in-force shall take place the employee(s) affected thereby and the Association shall be notified thereof within five (5) calendar days and the affected employees shall be given at least sixty (60) days termination notice.
Custodial Working Conditions. Overtime shall be assigned as follows:
A. The building seniority list shall be used by each building administrator for all custodial employees willing, and interested in overtime in that building.
B. Employees refusing the overtime will then be put at the bottom of the rotation list.
C. Employees accepting the overtime shall (after working) then be placed at the bottom of the rotation list.
D. Overtime shall not be used to accumulate compensatory time.
E. Overtime hours turned into the Treasurer's Office by Tuesday after the pay period shall be paid the next scheduled pay period.
F. Custodians shall have a breakdown of overtime paid with each paycheck.
G. The custodian may have a refrigerator in his/her custodial office at his/her expense. There can only be one refrigerator per building for the exclusive use of classified staff.
Custodial Working Conditions. The State license fee for all employees holding a Black Seal License shall be reimbursed by the Board. Additionally, any employee holding said license shall receive a stipend of Five Hundred Dollars ($500) for each year of the contract. This stipend shall be paid so that it is pension eligible and shall be prorated for any partial year.
Custodial Working Conditions
